13. A Flock of Martians 14.

Aden's Friend
On the day before the spacecraft was to return to
Earth, the Martians held a dinner party for the crew. In
all there were eight at the table: Aken, Bal, Mun, Mark,
Wora, Jones, Rider and Smith.
a. One was a history buff.
b. One was a whiz at math.
c. One was very tall.
d. One was Aken's friend.
e. One had yellow feathers.
f. One was a pilot.
Four Martians from different groups, the Uti, g. One was a rock collector.
Grundi, Yomi and Rafi, gathered for an intraplanetary h. One spoke a number of languages.
conference to discuss the problem of the visiting Earth- 1. The person who was Aken's friend sat directly
lings. As was appropriate for diplomatic envoys, all opposite Mark.
were beautifully feathered in different colors, one red, 2. Wora sat between the math whiz and Aken's
one green, one blue and the fourth brown. Their names friend.
were Aken, Bal, Mun and Wora. 3. The tall one sat opposite Wora, with Aken to her
1. Before the meeting, the Uti had a pleasant break- left.
fast with Mun. 4. Smith, who had no real friends among the group,
2. After debating with the Martians in the blue and sat to the right of Mun who towered over the rest
the brown feathers, Bal and the Yomi were so an- of the group.
gry that they tore a wingful of feathers out of them 5. The one who had yellow feathers sat opposite Bal,
before they were stopped. between Mun and the one who spoke a number of
3. Wora and the Rafi, however, agreed with the dip- languages.
lomat with brown feathers, though they disagreed 6. Jones was to the right of the rock collector and
with the red-feathered Grundi. opposite the pilot who was next to Rider.
Who is the blue-feathered diplomat and to what Who was Aken's friend?
group does he or she belong?
Clue on page 86. Clue on page 86.
Answer on pages 100-103. Answer on pages 103-105.